Schneider Electric, Energy and Sustainability Services

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Schneider Electric is the global specialist in energy management and automation. With revenues of ~$30 billion in FY2015, our 160,000+ employees serve customers in over 100 countries, helping them to manage their energy and process in ways that are safe, reliable, efficient and sustainable. From the simplest of switches to complex operational systems, our technology, software and services improve the way our customers manage and automate their operations. Our connected technologies reshape industries, transform cities and enrich lives. At Schneider Electric, we call this Life Is On.

Energy and Sustainability’s impact on a company’s bottom line

Efficiency and sustainability activities have a direct impact on a company's bottom line. Successful businesses understand and leverage the connection between efficiency and profitability. By unlocking their efficiency business case, many companies are achieving significant business acceleration through improved growth, profit and brand value.

In fact, findings from the 2016 CDP Report show a strong correlation between efficiency and sustainability and revenue. Over a five-year period, 62 companies collectively reduced GHG by 26% while increasing revenue by 29%. In contrast, companies that increased emissions by 6% saw a decrease in revenue by the same margin.

Today, there are three trends driving the business relevance of efficiency and sustainability:

The digital world makes ACCOUNTABILITY mandatory; not just to satisfy customers and shareholders, but society at large. The days of growth without trust and responsibility are over and now must be earned through corporate actions

PROFITABILITY in today’s global economy is dependent on stringent enterprise-wide cost management. These savings are funding investments in growth.

There is no future-proofing a SUPPLY CHAIN without sustainability.

It’s no wonder why CFO’s are now adding sustainability to their core business KPIs. Going beyond Total Shareholder Return, sustainability indicators and targets are highly predicative of a company’s future competitiveness.

Despite the clear connection, many businesses are struggling to achieve their ambitious targets. The journey from understanding the relevance of a comprehensive energy management program to achieving results from it seems to be challenging, especially for large and complex global organizations. A survey of 74 energy managers during a September 2017 webinar details how difficult this effort can be. Asked about their greatest challenges to achieving efficiency targets, more than 60% indicated that complex decision making, meaning conflicting priorities or insufficient budgets, followed by a lack of centralized data are key obstacles to making progress.

But what companies don’t realize is that the most difficult barriers to success are organizational, not technical. Before a company even considers a tactical plan of what software to buy or what ECMs to implement, a programmatic approach to top-down energy management must be established to drive efficiency throughout the entire organization. Without that, most efficiency plans have limited impact, or worse, never get off the ground. To learn more about how an enterprise-wide efficiency and sustainability program can accelerate the financial health of your company, watch our onDemand webinar on Building a Business Case for Efficiency. In it, you’ll learn: